English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Dictionary

Beholden (p. p.)

of Behold

Beholden (p. a.)

Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.

Beholder (n.)

One who beholds; a spectator.

Beholding (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Behold

Beholding (n.)

The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld.

Beholding (a.)

Obliged; beholden.

Beholdingness (n.)

The state of being obliged or beholden.

Behoof (v. t.)

Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use.

Behoovable (a.)

Supplying need; profitable; advantageous.

Behoove (n.)

Advantage; behoof.

Behoove (v. t.)

To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally.

Behoove (v. i.)

To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due.

Behooved (imp. & p. p.)

of Behoove

Behooveful (a.)

Advantageous; useful; profitable.

Behooving (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Behoove

Behoten

of Behight

Behove (v.)

and derivatives. See Behoove, &c.

Behovely (a. & adv.)

Useful, or usefully.

Behowl (v. t.)

To howl at.

Beige (n.)

Debeige.